#DEAE41#DEAE41

#DEAE41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.135 H 84.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DEAE41
RGB	rgb(222, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.6%, 70.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, 6.69, 60.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 60.48, 83.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% 0.0133 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.135 84.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2172, 46.1865, 11.4806)
Luminance	0.4618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DEAE41 #4171DE

analogous

#DE6041 #DEAE41 #C0DE41

triadic

#DEAE41 #41DEAE #AE41DE

tetradic

#DEAE41 #41DE60 #4171DE #DE41C0

square

#DEAE41 #41DE60 #4171DE #DE41C0

split-complementary

#DEAE41 #41C0DE #6041DE

monochromatic

#8C6918 #C09021 #DEAE41 #E7C475 #F0DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#DEAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#DEAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DEAE41

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DEAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DEAE41	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #deae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(222, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.135 84.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#edc57c',
    500: '#deae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #deae41;
$custom-light: #edc57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#deae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 222,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.656,
    "s": 70.404,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77547,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 84.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DEAE41

secondary

#9DB1DE

accent

#71ED3B

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FEF8EE

border

#D6D1C9

text

#17120A

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #DEAE41

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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